For many, life just goes on as you live by yourself. You can
do what ever you want, have a few drinks, and just enjoy your simple happiness.
However, there’s that one moment where you end up having a child that you must
take responsibility for and end up finding a new form of happiness. That is
where Kawachi Daikichi, a 30-year-old salary man found himself doing when he
adopted Rin Kaga, a child that his grandfather was taking care of just before
he died.

It’s a story that follows Daikichi as he changes his life of
living solo to a loving parent. While the story does focus a bit on Rin growing
up, it is most on Daikichi coming to terms with parenting and adjusting his old
way of life to a new one that involves taking care of Rin. Not many animes offer development of adults
but Bunny Drop does and even goes deep with its theme with the other adult cast
like the single mother Yukari or Haruko’s troubled marriage.

A simple scene like this shows how much they bonded together.

All of the characters have role to play in this story from
Rin’s biological mother, Masako Yoshii, who regrets leaving her child, to
Daikichi’s parents where their wisdom of parenting helped guide Daikichi to
caring and understanding Rin. When it comes down to it, everyone was at a
realistic level which made the drama and messages more meaningful.

Visuals offer up a very water color look at the beginning of
a episode to get the audiences interest and then cuts to a pretty basic but
simple designs and color palette. This style is similar to I.G’s other series Kimi
ni Todoke. This style is more apparent in the OP and ED that shows a very child
like imagination.

Music rings with gentle melodies of scenes that fit with
scenes of bonding, playfulness, and nostalgia. “SWEET DROPS” by Puffy AmiYumi
and “High High High” by Kasarinchu set the tone of the series with their
joyfulness and relaxing impact. One of the most noticeable things about the
voice acting is that most of the children characters are voice by children and
not adult actors which really helps bring life of these child characters with
their developing voices.

Bunny Drop is a wonder tale of learning to be a parent and
what you can learn from it. The series doesn’t force this message but
enlightens it which allows anyone and everyone to understand it. NoitaminA
style for slice of life and drama series really does shine here.